Deputy Director, Full Stack Developer (SSA)

Monetary Authority of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is seeking a seasoned Full Stack Developer to drive the technical direction within the Suptech, Surveillance & Analytics team. This role emphasizes expertise in software architecture and modern development practices, contributing to Singapore's financial landscape through impactful, scalable applications.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in full stack development.
• Proven experience in software architecture and systems design.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms like AWS.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build scalable applications and services.
• Design robust data ingestion pipelines for large-scale datasets.
• Promote best practices in CI/CD and DevSecOps.

Skills

Software Architecture

Data Ingestion Pipelines

Cloud Platforms

Leadership

Problem Solving

Communication

Tools

Kafka

Airflow

Spark

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

What the role is:

[What the role is]
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is Singapore’s central bank and integrated financial regulator.

As central bank, MAS promotes sustained, non-inflationary economic growth through the conduct of monetary policy and close macroeconomic surveillance and analysis. It manages Singapore’s exchange rate, official foreign reserves, and liquidity in the banking sector.

As an integrated financial supervisor, MAS fosters a sound financial services sector through its prudential oversight of all financial institutions in Singapore – banks, insurers, capital market intermediaries, financial advisors, and stock exchanges. It is also responsible for well-functioning financial markets, sound conduct, and investor education.

MAS also works with the financial industry to promote Singapore as a dynamic international financial centre. It facilitates the development of infrastructure, adoption of technology, and upgrading of skills in the financial industry.

Join us now, if you have a genuine interest in making an impact to help shape Singapore’s economic and financial landscape.

What you will be working on:

[What you will be working on]

This position sits with the Suptech, Surveillance & Analytics (SSA) team.

We are looking for a seasonedFull Stack Developerto drive the technical direction of our engineering team and help shape scalable, maintainable, and secure applications. Depending on the level of seniority and experience, this can be a Team lead role.

The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise insoftware architecture,data ingestion pipelines, andmodern full stack developmentpractices, with a strong preference for experience incloud-native technologies. The candidate is not expected to be an expert in every facet but must be T shape, with at least one strong vertical and sufficient breadth across the technology domain.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and build scalable applications and services, with clean, modular code.

• Design and implementrobust data ingestion pipelinescapable of processing large-scale datasets.

• Own the full software development lifecycle—from concept and design to testing and deployment.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to define requirements and technical solutions.

• Promote software engineering best practices including CI/CD, automated testing, and DevSecOps principles.

• Provide technical leadership in leveragingmodern cloud platforms(e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and infrastructure-as-code.

• Perform code reviews and foster a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.

• Design and implement scalable, reliable, and efficient data ingestion pipelines for various data types—structured, semi-structured (e.g., JSON, XML), and unstructured (e.g., PDFs, text).

• Build and maintain ETL/ELT processes to support analytics and operational use case

What we are looking for:

• 10+ years of experience in full stack development (backend and frontend technologies).

• Proven experience insoftware architectureand systems design, especially in scalable, distributed systems.

• Solid experience buildingdata ingestion pipelines(e.g., using Kafka, Airflow, Spark, or similar).

• Proficiency with at least one modern backend language (e.g., Python, Node.js, Java) and frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, or Vue).

• Strong understanding ofcloud platforms(preferably AWS, but Azure or GCP acceptable).

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

• Solid understanding of data modeling, schema design, and performance optimization.

All applicants will be notified on whether they are shortlisted or not within 4 weeks of the closing date of this job posting.

As part of the shortlisting process for this role, you may be required to complete a medical declaration and/or undergo further assessment.

[What we are looking for]

About Monetary Authority of Singapore

MAS is the central bank of Singapore. Our mission is to promote sustained non-inflationary economic growth, and a sound and progressive financial centre.